Staff Officer

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Staff Officer to join our team! In this role you will get to oversee, plan, organize, and conduct administrative and staff functions.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Perform as primary action officer for tasks assigned, which includes coordinating the task, ensuring that all requirements are met and fully addressed, ensuring that leadership has reviewed and approved the task response, and ensuring that task response is prepared for release prior to the suspense date and time

• Provide coordination support for Continuity of Operations (COOP), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Space planning, and position management to ensure goals are attained

• Prepare special or one-time reports, summaries, or replies to inquires relating to the mission; selecting relevant information from a variety of sources such as reports, documents, correspondence, and other offices, etc., under general directions

• Prepare Action Items and Notes commitments made by executives during meetings and arranges for Data Squads’ implementation

• Anticipate and prepare materials needed for conference, correspondence, appointments, meeting, telephone calls, etc., and informs lead officer on matters to be considered

• Review outgoing correspondence for executive’s approval and alert authors to any conflict with the file or departure from policies or executive’s viewpoints; gives advice to resolve the problems

• Summarize the content of incoming materials, specially gathered information, or meetings to assist executives; coordinate the new information with background office sources; draws attention to important issues, and initiates actions as directed

• Advice administrative personnel in subordinate offices on new procedures; requests information needed from the subordinate office(s) for periodic or special conferences, reports, inquiries, etc.

Required Clearance:

• Candidate must be a US Citizen

• Candidate must possess an ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance

Required Education/Experience:

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Management related field and 5+ years of experience or Masters Degree in management related field and 3+ years of experience

• Will consider additional years' of experience in lieu of a degree

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Demonstrated experience of Microsoft Office Applications and the ability to independently develop material using these applications

• Strong ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

• Strong ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively as a team member, and meet schedules and timelines consistently with attention to detail

• Strong Internal/External Coordination, Non-technical writing skills, organization skills, and customer service skills

• Able to extract and synthesize complex information to prepare briefings, read ahead materials and other documentation

• Briefing skills, project management, strategic planning, organizational skills, and resource management

• Understanding the concepts of COOP/BCP, space planning, Defense Travel System (DTS), records management, and visit/event coordination.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Demonstrated experience with the intelligence analysis and production process

• Basic understanding of the make-up of the NSG, the role of functional managers, and the relationships between NSG members and partners

• Demonstrated experience and of Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community practices, missions, and policies.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infra